GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| modish | fashionable |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |